Inless if u see pest pressure that’s unmanageable outdoors, are they actually doing anything bad? If there is a noitced pest pressure than def pest I’d em to get a confirm ur not shooting ur self in foot by not knowing it’s a bad bug/issue Or not ( if population is above )
i was gonnea send a email to evergreen, do that and if they can’t Id theres Other bug expert/IPM wholesalers out there who also who can do that. I just have had the best results with evergreen that’s fosure.
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100% agree on the pest pressure statement.
www.evergreengrowers.com got back to me real quick.
"Looks like you have a couple of critters here. The larger one looks like a solitary wasp of some kind – it would be more obvious if the wings weren’t covering the “wasp waist” – it is probably hunting for caterpillars. The small thing is a beetle, as you suspected. Some beetles eat fungi, some eat other insects, some eat other things or even plants. There are a vast number of small blackish beetles in the world – so long as there isn’t damage, just keep an eye on it
Even if there is just a little leaf damage here and there – seldom a problem."
I'm not 100% sure which is which cause in real life they are all the same size until I can see them next to each other with my old eyes. Kinda assuming the wasps are the ones that are more prone to flying away.
Going back to the pest pressure thing, concern increased because their numbers increased and they seem to be focusing on one plant. So I go into information gathering mode, no need to go the nth degree just yet. The info I got tells me these bugs might not be my problem, they might be feeding on my problem. More info needed, it's been a while since I scoped em...